Admission process in K'taka schools may be regulated

Mysore, Oct 17 (UNI) The Karnataka Government proposes to regulate the admission process in private and aided schools from the next academic year, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S Horatti announced today.

Speaking to newspersons here, he said the report, submitted by the Karnataka Vidhana Mandala Subject Committee in 2002-03 on the admission process, was yet to be implemented. The Government had asked the officials concerned to study the feasibility of its implementation. It would also discuss the pros and cons of regulating the admission process in schools, he added.

The Minister said the report had suggested that 35 to 50 per cent seats would be reserved for students securing up to 50 per cent marks, 25 per cent seats for those getting between 50 and 75 per cent marks and the rest should be left to the school management.

Most of the schools admitted only students with over 90 per cent marks to show 100 per cent results. Keeping in mind the fate of other children, the Government had to regulate the admission process, he explained.

Mr Horatti announced that aided schools with zero per cent results would lose their recognition and other schools showing poor results would be punished by the department.

Stating that the Governmnet had been spending Rs 150 crore to take up various basic facilities in schools and junior colleges this year, he said primary and high schools would get a major share of the amount of Rs 75 crore.

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